Ian Allison

Ian Allison is a senior reporter at CoinDesk, focused on institutional and enterprise adoption of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Prior to that, he covered fintech for the International Business Times in London and Newsweek online. He won the State Street Data and Innovation journalist of the year award in 2017, and was runner up the following year. He also earned CoinDesk an honourable mention in the 2020 SABEW Best in Business awards. His November 2022 FTX scoop, which brought down the exchange and its boss Sam Bankman-Fried, won a Polk award, Loeb award and New York Press Club award. Ian graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He holds ETH.

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Finance

JPMorgan Is Cutting Ties With Crypto Exchange Gemini: Source

Coinbase said its banking relationship with JPMorgan remains intact.

Gemini co-owners Tyler (left) and Cameron Winklevoss (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Banking Firm BCB Prepares U.S. Dollar Payments to Plug Silvergate Gap

BCB Group CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie said he hopes to have dollar fiat-to-crypto rails in place and ready to go live early in the second quarter.

BCB Group founder and CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie (BCB Group)

Policy

Silvergate Closes SEN Platform Institutions Used to Move Money to Crypto Exchanges

Crypto bank warned this week about its ability to remain in business.

Silvergate CEO Alan Lane (Silvergate)

Finance

Compañía de custodia cripto Protego Trust despide a la mayor parte de su personal

Algunos empleados todavía siguen en sus puestos y las operaciones de la empresa están listas para comenzar a funcionar pero el dinero es un problema, dijo una persona familiarizada con la situación.

Ron Totaro, CEO de Protego Trust Bank. (Protego Bank)

Finance

Xapo Bank Integrates Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, Partners with Lightspark

Crypto pioneer Xapo has quietly assembled interest-bearing, deposit-guaranteed USD bank accounts with a view to providing alternative financial services in emerging market countries.

(Xapo)

Finance

Crypto Bank Charter Firm Protego Trust Lays Off Most of Its Workforce: Source

Some employees are still in place and the firm’s operations are ready to launch, but money is a problem, said a person familiar with the situation.

Ron Totaro, CEO de Protego Trust Bank. (Protego Bank)

Finance

Fixed Income DeFi Platform Term Finance Readies for Business

Term Labs, the platform's builder, raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Electric Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures and others.

Dion Chu, founder and CEO (Term Labs)

Finance

Institutional DeFi Startup Hashnote Is First to Emerge From Incubator Cumberland Labs

The regulated DeFi asset manager was launched with a $5 million investment from the Web3 incubator.

Leo Mizuhara, CEO and founder; Tama Churchouse, head of strategy (Hashnote)

Finance

Crypto Custodian Finoa Gets License Approvals From German Regulator BaFin

The Berlin-based firm also closed a strategic venture round led by Middlegame Ventures.

Finoa founders Chris May (left) and Henrik Gebbing (Finoa)

Finance

Crypto Conglomerate Digital Currency Group Reports Loss of $1.1B in ‘Challenging’ 2022

DCG held cash and cash equivalents of just $262 million at the end of 2022, while investment assets amounted to $670 million.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)